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Active Schools Celebrate first year of Champions in Schools

On Tuesday 11th May at Galashiels Volunteer Hall sporting champions including; Former Celtic FC & Scotland footballer John Collins, 100-cap Scottish rugby internationalist Chris Paterson, Olympic swimmer Euan Dale, GB hockey star Janet Jack, Olympic hammer thrower Shirley Webb, British & Irish Lion Ross Ford and European judo champion Sarah Clark,  joined school-pupils, parents and teachers from across the region, as the Scottish Borders Active Schools Network celebrates the first anniversary of the Champions in Schools programme in partnership with the business-led charity, Winning Scotland Foundation and Scotch Beef (Quality Meat Scotland).

Pupils from Kirkhope, Broomlands and Gordon Primary Schools, Galashiels Academy and several other Borders schools joined their teachers to showcase through brief presentations what they have learned from the role model led workshop and fun-filled activity sessions. The sporting champions also took part in the Champions’ Panel discussion where audience members will be invited to ask questions.

Check out more pictures of the event and the Champions in action in the Active Schools Gallery.

Active Schools are part of the new “Champions in School” role-model programme, which is delivered by Winning Scotland Foundation. The programme places Scotland’s high performing athletes in the classroom to deliver a series of inspirational workshops. These workshops encourage pupils to set and achieve personal goals, pursue a healthy and active lifestyle, appreciate the value of hard work and adopt a positive, winning attitude.

Through their own personal example, the champions demonstrate to pupils that striving to reach their ambitions and making positive lifestyle choices can produce spectacular rewards. Within each cluster a champion will be visiting a primary or secondary class of pupils on three occasions throughout the year
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 Easter Sports 2010

Active School offers a range of activity and sports clubs for young people during the holidays across the Borders. Download the 2010 Easter Sports Prorgamme and find out whats on in your area. Get Active in the holidays.......

YA’s Celebrating Olympians from around the world.

Each month the YA team is celebrating the achievements and success of Olympians and Paralympians from around the world. The YA team are selecting and researching world Olympians and bringing their story to you. They are also highlighting Olympic sports and detailing some facts and history.

This month the YA team are highlighting athletes and sports from the Winter Olympics. To celebrate this months Olympian visit the YA Pages.

Active Schools needs you!

Active Schools are looking to start up a variety of new after school clubs in local areas for young children. Active Schools needs volunteers to run these clubs, without volunteer support clubs can not start. If you are interested in trying something new and learning some new skills Active Schools can give you the opportunity.

The spring and summer term is filled with training opportunities for volunteers to learn how to lead and deliver a variety of sports and activities. Download the Training Programme and dates from the Active Schools Volunteering Pages.

Active Schools have a variety of resources to support volunteers and all volunteers will be fully supported into a club by Active Schools.

 If you think you would like to volunteer for Active Schools or have any queries regarding Active Schools then please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Active Schools recruit Young Ambassadors

Kelso High School has recently recruited a team of Young Ambassadors.The Young Ambassadors have been recruited by the Scottish Borders Active Schools team as part of the Youth Sport Trusts program. S5 pupils Kirsty Hill and Ben Leslie have been selected as the first Scottish Borders Gold Young Ambassadors. They will lead the Ambassador team throughout the coming year, which also includes Anna Ramsay & James Stewart, both S5, who were selected as Silver Ambassadors.

The gold Ambassadors attended a training conference on Wednesday 7^th October with other local authorities in Scotland to prepare them for their role. The conference was the first of its kind to be held in Scotland and the ambassadors were amongst some of Britain’s top Olympians and Paralympians who acted as their athlete mentors for the day.

Kirsty and Ben have come back to Kelso High School to train their two sliver ambassadors and will begin planning for the year. The role of the YA team is to bring the inspiration and magic of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games to other young people in their school, local primary schools and community. You can keep up to date with all the Young Ambassadors Projects in the Young Ambassador Pages.

Active Schools Launch Community Training Programme.

Active Schools have launched a new training programme. The programme details a variety of basic training courses that are available through Active Schools and SportBorders. The courses aim to increase knowledge and skills and are designed for parents, school teachers, school staff, community volunteers, S5/6 students, sports leaders, and anyone who is looking to volunteer with Active Schools.

The programme is now available to download online through the Volunteering Pages

The majority of the two hour workshops will run from 4pm-6pm. Some of the times may differ and some course may have cost implications. A list of training dates will be published on a quarterly basis. For the most up to date listings and also to get contact details for your local Active Schools Coordinator

NHS Inflatable

In partnership with NHS Borders, Active Schools now have an exciting new piece of equipment to promote health and well being to young people. The new 40 foot inflatable obstacle course has been funding by NHS Borders and is being used by Active Schools to encourage children to exercise. This is an exciting way of getting active while having lots of fun. The inflatable is now available to all primary schools across the Borders, it can be great for health weeks, or health promoting projects. If you would like to use this fun filled piece of equipment,

Conact your Local Active Schools Coordinator